Sketch of the Disposition of the Allies under the Command of Lieu.t Gen.l Hill, to surprise the Enemy in Arroyo Molinos on the morning of 20th Oct.r 1811.

[Published by W. Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross January 1st. 1812.] Engraved map with partial hand colour, rare. Sheet 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). Trimmed to image. A plan of the terrain through which an allied force under General Rowland Hill launched a surprise attack on a French army under General Jean-Baptiste Girard. The French were crushed, with over 1,000 dead or wounded & 1,400 captured out of a force of 6,000, compared with only 80 Allied casualties. The loss of a whole French infantry division and a brigade of cavalry led Napoleon to sack Girard. Hill was made a Knight of the Bath.From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
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